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    Appreciation of English Literary Texts

    Special Model Paper


    Prepared by : Krishantha Fonseka

    Answer all the questions in Part 1, one from Part 2 and one from each section in
    the rest of the paper.

    Part 1
    1. He clasps the crag with crooked hands,
    Close to the sun in lonely lands,
    a. What is the literary text which carries these lines? Who wrote it?
    b. Who is referred to “He” here?
    c. What is the literary device used here?
    2. Wait a second, looks like he’s looking for something in his pockets and….
    a. What is the poem which carries these lines? Who wrote it?
    b. Who is “he” here?
    c. What did he do next?
    d. What do you feel about him?
    3. “You must build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with your own heart’s blood..”
    a. What is the literary text which carries this line? Who wrote it?
    b. Who is speaking here? Whom does he/ she speak?
    c. What is referred to IT here?
    d. Explain the situation?
    4. We were shot at, grenades were thrown at us, we were injured and yet we were not cowed.
    a. What is the text which carries these lines? Who wrote it?
    b. Who speaks here? Who listens to him/her?
    c. What idea do you get about the speaker and his colleagues?
    d. Give a similar word for “cowed”.
    5. “Go ahead! If she says no, you tell her you’re leaving, do you see?”
    a. What is the literary which carries these lines? Who wrote it?
    b. Who speaks here? Whom does he/she speak?
    c. Who is referred to “She”?
    d. What does speaker want to achieve through speaker?
    e. What is the situation?
    6. You may have buried yourself alive, but you haven’t forgotten to powder your face!
    a. What is the drama which has this part?
    b. Who speaks here? Whom does he/she speak?
    c. What idea do you about the listener?
    d. What does the speaker want to do by saying this?

    Part 2
    7. “I come upon the king’s errand concerning a matter which requireth privacy. Will it please your
    royal highness to dismiss all that attend you here, save my lord the Earl of Hertford?”
    a. Who speaks here?
    b. What is the situation?
    c. Give similar words for errand, requireth and dismiss.
    8. “I prey ye, ladies seem not to observe his humours, nor show surprise when his memory doth
    lapse-it will grieve you to note how it doth stick at every trifle”
    a. Who speaks here? Who are listeners?
    b. What is the situation?
    c. Give similar words for humours, doth, lapse, trifle.

    Part 3
    9. “A Bird Came Down the walk talks the reality of nature”. Discuss.
    10. “War is Kind Talks about the sufferings of the society due to wars” Explain.
    11. “I know why the caged bird sings” is a real picture of the people who are suppressed by
    racialism” Discuss.
    12. Do you think mother is fair in the poem “Fear”? Answer.
    13. “Upside-Down is an absurd character but he gives us a valuable lesson” Discuss.

    Part 4
    14. Do you think the sacrifice of the Nightingale has any worth? Answer.
    15. Kumar Sangakkara became a symbol of Sri Lankan society by his speech Lahore Attack. Do you
    agee with this?
    16. “Adults must understand the children well in order to produce good citizens for the society”
    Explain this statement with reference to the prose The Lumber Room.
    17. Justify Sonali’s behavior in the extract “Wave”.

    Part 5
    18. “The cruelty in some characters in the society paves the way for the destruction of peaceful lives
    in the society” Discuss this statement with reference to the drama “Twilight of a Crane”
    19. “Popova just shows an artificial love to her dead husband. Discuss this statement with reference
    to the darama “The Bear”

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